Capital disclosure practices among zakat institutions in Malaysia

• Main Authors: Amira, Jamil, Noorhayati, Mansor
• Format: Conference or Workshop Item
• Language: English
• Published: 2019
• Subjects: H Social Sciences (General); HB Economic Theory; HJ Public Finance
• Online Access: http://eprints.unisza.edu.my/2604/1/FH03-FPP-19-27466.pdf; http://eprints.unisza.edu.my/2604/

Zakat, a compulsory tax on every eligible Muslim, is one of the Islamic social finance mechanisms with a potential to alleviate poverty and inequality. In Malaysia, the collection and distribution systems of zakat are the responsibility of zakat institutions which are under the state’s jurisdictio...